Vintage Voices
of the Jazz Age Tone Poems II features mandolin master David Grisman and
guitar virtuoso Martin Taylor in a jazzy sequel to the highly acclaimed
Tone Poems project by Grisman and flatpicking great, Tony Rice. Both albums
document the sounds of the great vintage fretted instruments of the 20th
century. On Tone Poems II, Grisman and Taylor create the "vintage voices
of the jazz age" with a repertoire of 19 standards (played on 41 classic
instruments) spanning a range of 70 years, from George Gershwin's "Swanee"
to Chick Corea's "Crystal Silence."

Along the
way, you'll hear a quartet of rare Lloyd Loar-signature models on "It
Had to Be You," Irving Ashby's (Nat "King" Cole Trio) D'Angelico Excel
guitar on "Unforgettable," and many other classic "axes" on tunes like
"Over the Rainbow," "Blue Moon" and "Mood Indigo."An impressive 48-page
full-color booklet accompanies the music; for each duet there is a
corresponding photo essay that tells the story of that particular pair of instruments.